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ChitChat Book Club 2027

Read these books that tell of the settlement and history of the United States in fiction and non-fiction. Start with the history from a different point of view and continue through the decades across the country as the population moves west. Then read titles that showcase the United State's participation in wars, both in the US and across the globe. Join the discussion each month on the second Thursday at 1 pm. Books will be brought into the library for easy check out.

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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, 1938-
January 14 - Non-fiction
Book, 2014Boston : Beacon Press, [2014] — 970.004 DUN
Hour of the Witch
a Novel
Bohjalian, Chris, 1962-
February 11 - 1660s New England
Book, 2021New York : Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, [2021] — FICTION BOHJALIAN
My Dear Hamilton
a Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton
Dray, Stephanie,
March 11 - 1770s Revolutionary War
Book, 2018New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] — F DRA
Blood and Treasure
Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier
Drury, Bob,
April 8 - 1780s America's First Frontier - Non-fiction
Book, 2021New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021. — 976.902 DRU
To the River's End
Johnstone, William W.,
May 13 - 1830's Trapping in the Rocky Mountains
Book, 2021New York, NY : Kensington Publishing Corp., 2021. — FICTION JOHNSTONE William #1River's
The Yankee Widow
Miller, Linda Lael,
June 10 - 1860's US Civil War
Book, 2019Toronto, Ontario : MIRA Books, [2019] — ROM MIL
The Vengeance of Mothers
the Journals of Margaret Kelly & Molly McGill
Fergus, Jim,
July 8 - 1870's US Indian Wars
Book, 2017New York : St. Martin's Press, 2017. — FIC FER
Sarah's Quilt
a Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine and the Arizona Territories, 1906
Turner, Nancy E., 1953-
August 12 - 1900's Arizona Territory
Book, 2005New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2005. — FIC TURNER
Switchboard Soldiers
a Novel
Chiaverini, Jennifer,
September 9 - 1910's World War I
Book, 2022New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022] — FIC CHI N2022
Angels of the Pacific
a Novel of World War II
Hooper, Elise,
October 14 - 1940's World War II
Book, 2022New York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022] — F HOO
The Frozen Hours
a Novel of the Korean War
Shaara, Jeff, 1952-
November 11 - 1950's Korean Conflict
Book, 2017New York : Ballantine Books, [2017] — HISTORICAL SHAARA
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
a Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War
Donohue, John (Union leader),
December 9 - 1960's Vietnam War - Non-fiction
Book, 2020New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020] — 959.7043 D719g
The Rediscovery of America
Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
Blackhawk, Ned,
Additional reading suggestion.
Book, 2023New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2023] — 970.1 BLA
The Women
Hannah, Kristin,
Additional reading suggestion - Vietnam War - Fiction
Book, 2024New York : St. Martin's Press, 2024. — FICTION HANNAH Kristin
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New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Mann, Charles C.,
Additional reading suggestion - Pre Colombian America
Book, 2005New York : Knopf, 2005. — 970.011 MAN
The Things They Carried
a Work of Fiction
O'Brien, Tim, 1946-
Additional reading suggestion - Vietnam War
Book, 1990Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1990. — F OBr

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